(Download) "State V. Jeannotte" by Washington Supreme Court # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State V. Jeannotte
- Author : Washington Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 11, 1997
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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We are asked to determine if a trial court may impose an exceptional sentence below the standard range on the basis of a failed defense when the jury has explicitly rejected such defense in rendering its verdict. We hold the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 (SRA), RCW 9.94A, explicitly authorizes a trial court to treat a failed defense as a mitigating factor supporting an exceptional sentence below the standard range. We affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals with respect to Jeannotte's convictions, but reverse the sentencing aspect of the Court of Appeals' decision, reinstating the trial court's exceptional sentence.
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